Off-Topic Discussion

@Purple Streaks I apologize for not seeing your post about your mother passing and I offer my sincere sympathy.You do realize that she'll never be totally gone? You will remember her giving you good advice or helping you learn new skills. What she liked to eat. How she made a bed or washed a...

We remember it well as T'other Half is American and I lived there for 20 years+ over two periods of time when I was young and then in my teens/20s. We were on the IoW ready to move here and our neighbour came over and said turn on the news. I still cringe watching it.

We've had to identify ourselves with photo i.d. for a long time. I'll be showing mine again to vote on Monday (early polling station) and I am glad it stops fraud.

Took a few other things apart and gave it all as good a scrape as possible. Put it all back together and hey presto Sounds like it's running better than before so I'm guessing accumulated crud had blocked something operating and it got cleared. Then the wheel fell off hahahahaha!!!For my ref,...

I'd get a fixed rate, long term deal asap. Prices are going up just like the infection rate.The UK has turned to a coal-fired power station to help boost its energy supply after global gas and power prices hit new highs.

Never thought of that @shiney !!

Yet the media and the government lead us to believe that it's international migration for this influx. Funny how National Insurance registrations does not back that up, they don't tell you that part. My wife and her son arrived in the UK on the 11th Sep 2002, for the settlement visa's right...

Ooops, how did this old post get into the New Post lists ??

I find one thing quite satisfying.Nice to see somewhere is getting worse weather than I am.

Agree.VAT is not an EU tax, it is a UK tax (similar taxes in lots of countries) and you pay it on most things sold in this country. It didn't matter what country it came from as it was being sold to you by a business in the UK. Even if it was ordered directly from another country it would...

Yes a shame , though still a good age and enjoyed a good life.The Stones were our #1 band in our teenage years, but with a current average age of about 76 it makes you wonder how much longer they will perform ? Ronnie Woods having recovered from two bouts of cancer in 2017 must find it hard to...

Hi,Thanks Scrungee; yes Asda sell lots of things our local Asda used to have a photography section where I once had 150 pictures printed at very little cost; I didn't notice it though so it must have been dropped; we had a look at the electrical section which was interesting.Thanks Selleri...

but my point is this is different cricket, its more about scoring runs in a set amount of time and balls. Click to expand... The T20 games are very much the same Free Hits, Five Run penalties , 75 min Time limit for bowling , bowlers limited to 4 overs, 90seconds for a batsman to change ,...

Hi,Thanks pete;Don't I just. Kind regards, Colin.

I plead the 5th!

Possibly in Asia. Less so in places like Paris, Helsinki or London.

Happy birthday @noisette47

Actually, I would probably kill for some fresh bread and a piece of really ripe cheddar right now....But perks of being married to a Dutch woman and living near Netherlands and Belgium is the availability of a variety of cheese

Happy birthday Kandy

I don't want to make visitors too welcome